Otunba Ashiru graduated with a HND in Marketing, Purchasing & Supply and holds a Masters’ Degree in Strategic Management. He started work with Chartered Bank in 1989 and has had a successful banking career spanning over two decades.

Otunba Ashiru served in various capacities of Management of the legacy Chartered Bank Plc; he was Head, Private Banking Unit, Head, Institution & Professional Banking, Regional Coordinator, Country Director Personal and Business Banking. At Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, he was the Director, Corporate Affairs and Corporate Social Investments and later Director, Public Sector Group. He also represented the Bank on the board of FITC as an alternate Director. In June 2011, he took a Leave of Absence from Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc in order to serve his home state as he was appointed as the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry in Ogun State; he held that position until 2019. In 2020 Otunba Ashiru was appointed as a Director on the Board of Odu’a Investment Company Limited

He Joined the Board of NISL in 2011.